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Monday, December 8, 2014

I made this quilt a few months back for Matt's coworker and his wife, for their baby girl. I didn't know them very well, so I wanted to stay away from pink. When in doubt, stay a bit more neutral, right? :)

I started with this fun feather print and pulled fabrics from there. I really fell in love with these colors! Most of the fabrics were prints, with a few solids tossed in as well.

I didn't have a ton of time to put this gift together - I stitched the strips at my mom's house when we were visiting, and I quilted it the day after I got back home (which was also the day of the shower!). Talk about pressure, I had to quilt, bind, and wash the quilt all in a day!

I quilted two zig zag sections, filled with some figure 8 quilting. In the larger spaces created by the zig zags, I quilted paisleys.

i really like how the zig zags at the bottom of the quilt seem to fall off the edge!

On the back I used a single cut of fabric. The quilt finished around 36" x 42", so it was a tight squeeze!

I was surprised at how much I loved this quilt when it was finished! Sometimes it's nice to stay simple!